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Violence against women and children

4 February 2009 (updated on 22 April 2010)

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Baroness Gale (Labour) will call attention to measures to tackle violence against women and children in a debate this Thursday, 5 February, in the House of Lords.

Other Members scheduled to take part include:

  • Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (Crossbench); Vice-president of Marie Curie Cancer Care and former Chairman of the Association for Palliative Medicine
  • Lord Henley (Conservative); Conservative spokesperson for Justice
  • Baroness Massey of Darwen (Labour); former adviser in personal, social and health education for the Inner London Authority
  • Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws (Labour); Queen’s Counsel
  • Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer (Liberal Democrat); Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Home Affairs and supporter of charities including International Children's Trust (Juconi), and Save the Children
  • Baroness Northover (Liberal Democrat); Liberal Democrat spokesperson for International Development
  • Baroness Rendell of Babergh (Labour); supports charities including Refuge and Medical Foundation for the Victims of Torture
  • Baroness Walmsley (Liberal Democrat); Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Children, Schools and Families and ambassador for the NSPCC
  • Baroness Scotland of Asthal (Labour); Attorney General and former Government spokesperson for women’s issues/equal agenda

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